Podcast

You Can’t Tripp N.T. Wright

My friends Tripp and Chad interviewed Bishop Tom for their renowned podcast. After responding to the work of other theologians, academics, etc, Wright discusses his newest book, After You Believe. In Tripps humorous idiomatic expression, the interview is full of nuggets of goodness. Take a listen. What … Continue reading

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Serve All – Thoughts from the Edge

What do N.T. Wright and Derrida have to do with the Mark 10 passage for this Sunday’s RCL Scriptures? Listen and discover how one might appropriate these two divergent voices when thinking through the charge by James and John to Jesus – “We want you to do for us … Continue reading

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Kings and Bread – Thoughts from the Edge

The Lectionary Texts often offer uncanny inter-relationships of the suggested texts. On a deeper level the texts provide a healthy mashup to evidence the edges and nuances which come to life when read together, meditated over, and poured over for connecting relationships. The texts for this week continue that … Continue reading

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Living a Laying Down Kind of Love – Thoughts from the Edge

Jesus tells his disciples the greatest expression of love is laying down one’s life for a friend. Here in the America West we tend to think of giving up our lives physically to death. And, certainly that extreme is embedded in the text of Scripture. But, does that mean … Continue reading

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Wounded Unity – Thoughts from the Edge

Unity or uniformity. My brother Paul listed his status today as, “Suffering posttaxum depression.” We all are united in the experience of taxation. But, we are not taxes uniformly. When we think of unity in terms of following Jesus conflict often arises over uniformity. Yet, the very experience of … Continue reading

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